Latham has promoted four lawyers to partner in London as part of a 36-strong global round. The London cohort includes two M&A and private equity lawyers, with the office now home to more than 150 ...

London trainee salaries are reaching new heights, with a group of elite US law firms now paying junior recruits £75,000 a year before they even qualify. Milbank, Kirkland, McDermott and Sullivan & ...

The duo are advising on the real estate giant’s acquisition of London-based Onnec as it expands its data centre business.

Fee-share law firm Mezzle has entered administration, with administrators in talks with another law firm over the future of its consultants and staff. “Mezzle Limited is in admi ...

Senior Freshfields partners discussed spinning out Freshfields Lab and bringing in external investors, according to an internal email seen by the FT. Options included outside investment or a potential ...

Harvey and Legora have unveiled competing AI products with exactly the same name, in an unusual coincidence between two of ...

Private equity firm Palatine has made its first investment in legal services, backing Manchester sports law boutique Centrefield. The deal follows a minority investment in London-based Northridge ...

Private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners has completed one of the largest investments in a US law firm to date, backing Los Angeles-based Wood Smith Henning & Berman (WSHB ...

The legal fees form part of a £334m adviser bill, making the takeover one of the City’s most lucrative deals this year.

The new 360,000 sq ft office will house more than 1,800 lawyers and business professionals across eight floors.

UBS’s UK pension plan has completed a £1.7 billion buy-in with Legal & General covering more than 7,000 members. Sackers, Gowling, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and Slaughter and May advised on the deal, ...